+ PLUS >> Hypothyroidism and immune function, Health/6A PREP BASKETBALL PREP SOCCER CHS boys hold Columbia boys fall to off Hawthorne Suwannee, top Taylor See Page 1B See Page 1B WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2021 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Kennon DeSantis: recalled No fear, for law second acumen, shot will common be here Governor assures TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter seniors they’ll receive sense A wooden eagle that Josh Miller, of Art-n-Saw, carved with a chainsaw. covid vaccine booster. Retired county, circuit By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN court judge passed Associated Press away Monday at 81. Stumping for art TALLAHASSEE — Seniors in By TONY BRITT Florida will get their second dose [email protected] Chainsaw carvers Josh Miller, of Art-n-Saw everything else away from of a coronavirus vaccine, Gov. Ron chainsaw carving in Felton, it,” Allison said. DeSantis declared Tuesday, even LIVE OAK — Respected for his turn stump into Del., and Kevin Treat, of The “That’s why the as frustration grows nationally common sense approach to the custom artwork. Sawptician in Lake Winola, cow is sticking over spotty supplies of the life-sav- law and his treat- Penn., began work on the cus- out of the stump ing medicine. ment of those who By TONY BRITT tom wood sculpture Jan. 19. and the horse is States awaited news from the appeared before [email protected] The project was completed sticking out. The federal government Tuesday on him, longtime Tuesday. tree was where the how many doses of vaccines would judge Thomas J. A dead Live Oak tree on the Working on the piece horse is. The tree be flowing into their arsenals to Kennon Jr. was driveway leading up to Carl at least 8-10 hours a day, was where the cow combat a disease that has infected recalled fondly Allison’s home has found new the two chainsaw carv- is… They just cut nearly 100 million worldwide and Kennon Tuesday. life. ing aficionados were everything away from killed almost 2.2 million, including Kennon, who Once seemingly destined for able to trim words, an it. They’re cutting nearly 422,000 in the U.S. and presided over court proceedings a fire pit, the massive stump is owl, eagle, horse’s head away what they 25,000 in Florida. for more than three decades on now a work of art after a pair and a longhorn cow’s don’t want.” “You’re going to start seeing the county and circuit court level, of northern chainsaw carv- head into the tree. The animals more and more second doses died Monday. He was 81. ing masters put their skills “What’s real- were chosen administered,” the governor said Graveside services will be to the test. ly neat is they because they are what during a Tuesday morning news held Saturday at the Live Oak When the Live Oak basically get a lives on Allison’s farm. conference in Vero Beach, one Cemetery with Pastor Susie tree died several years ago picture in their Grassland is what the of numerous appearances across Horner and Arnett Eubanks offi- from what Allison believes head of what Allisons call the property the state has made in recent ciating. Daniels Funeral Home & was a lightning strike, he they want because of all of the hay- weeks to tout his record against Crematory, Live Oak, is in charge planned to call a tree sur- up there — fields. covid. of arrangements. geon to remove the stump, what they “We have some long- “A lot of the distributions that Kennon was a member of the which still stood 24 feet tall see in the horns, horses and we see are going to start to go will be Florida Bar since November with a circumference of 21 tree, then owls and eagles,” he said. those second doses,” he said. 1966. feet at the base. they “In fact, the first day they Of the more than 1.4 million He became the Suwannee But after seeing pictures have were out here and we continued on 6A County judge in 1973 and held on Facebook where stumps to cut were talking about the VACCINE that honor until October 1993 had been carved into art- animals to put in there, when he was appointed as a work, Allison decided to an eagle flew by.” Third Circuit Court Judge. He contact one of the artists Treat said he and Miller presided over circuit cases until capable of turning his collaborated on the proj- his retirement in 2005, serving as stump into a sculpture ect, both developing the chief judge from 1999-2001. as well. concept. “Judge Kennon served the Nearly a year later, “Carl contacted us and Third Judicial Circuit with mission accomplished. wanted to do something honor, dignity and respect,” “It just took a while for that subscribed to the area, Chief Judge Mark Feagle said in them to get me scheduled a prepared statement via email. to come down,” Allison said. ART continued on 3A “Those who had the pleasure of knowing Judge Kennon and/ or practicing law in front of him know Judge Kennon as a family man, a man who loved the great outdoors and a huge Florida Gator fan. BOB SELF/Florida Times-Union/TNS “Judge Kennon was a judge Florida Governor Ron DeSantis who listened diligently and ruled addresses the media Monday swiftly. 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DeSantis makes vaccinat- risk with the HCA hospi- “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and frustrations mounting amid During a statewide ing people ages 65 and tal company, asked about he shall lift you up.” the availability of covid-19 a constrained supply of phone call, Department older his top priority. — James 4:10 (KJV) covid-19 vaccines, Florida’s of Health Secretary Scott But hospital executives vaccines for newly hired top public-health official Rivkees told hospitals pressed Rivkees about the employees. urged hospital executives they cannot use “second state’s limited supply of “first “As we have new staff on Tuesday to turn to dose” vaccine supplies to dose” vaccines and how they that come on … is there county health departments give initial vaccinations can get a share of them. any allocation being Thought for Today planned to provide first dose to the organizations?” Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we she asked. have a special face for each friend. 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